Schedule StuTS 70

This workshop is designed for linguists with little or no experience with digital ethnography. It introduces the basics of (digital) ethnographic practice for the study of communication, discusses the challenges digital ethnographers face, and explores the value of digital ethnography for research in (applied) linguistics. Some time will also be devoted to discussing the participants' own research projects/ideas and the potential relevance of digital linguistic ethnography for them.

In this crash course, we will deal with the basics of digital ethnographic research and its relevance for (applied) linguists. After briefly examining the foundations of ethnographic approaches and their historical ties to the study of communication, we will start asking questions about digital ethnography, the ethnographic study of digital spaces: What does it do? What challenges does it have to face? What is its relevance for linguists? Can it help you study your favorite memes, and if so, how?

As linguists' interest in exploring online communicative phenomena is only getting stronger, we will discuss how digital ethnography can help in such endeavors from a theoretical and a practical standpoint. How do digital ethnographers conceptualize linguistic practices? And what kind of methods are common in their approach?

Finally, by looking at examples of existing digital ethnographic studies in applied linguistics, we will examine what digital ethnography is good for when you're a linguist. You will also have the chance to ask questions about your own research and how it may benefit from going digital-ethnographic.

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Day: 2021-11-19
Start time: 16:00
Duration: 01:00
Room: 🧉
Track: Workshop
Language: en

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